Visual Timeline Part IV By bobaj1 Jan 1, 770 Viking voyages Jan 1, 1100 Polynesian voyages Jan 1, 1200 When 100 million people lived in South and Southeast Asia Jan 1, 1200 Increased use of windmills and watermills Jan 1, 1200 The beginning of the guilds Period: Jan 1, 1200 to Jan 1, 1550 Era Jan 1, 1206 Temujin chosen Genghis Khan of the Mongols Jan 1, 1206 Delhi Sultanate founded Jan 1, 1206 Muslims extrend rule to India Jan 1, 1211 Sultan Itutmish's dynasty conquered northern Indian and centered in Islam Jan 1, 1227 Destruction of the Tangut and the Jin Jan 1, 1230 Great Khan oppressive tax-farming system Jan 1, 1230 Mali Empire founded Jan 1, 1234 Mongols conquer northern China Jan 1, 1234 Control of Northern China Jan 1, 1240 Mongols sack Kiev Jan 1, 1240 Sunidata defeated Samanguru Jan 1, 1240 Control of core trading area and gold fields Jan 1, 1241 The death of Ogodei Jan 1, 1250 The teachings of Buddhist priests Jan 1, 1250 Kanem had controlled part of the Sahara and adopted Islam as their religion Jan 1, 1255 Batu conquering Kievan Russia, Moscow, Poland, and Hungary Jan 1, 1258 Mongols sack Baghdad and kill the caliph Jan 1, 1258 Destruction of the Abbasid Caliphate in Baghdad Jan 1, 1258 Taking over Baghdad Jan 1, 1260 Batu's successor claimed himself as a Muslim Jan 1, 1260 Religious barriers between the Mongols and Muslims Jan 1, 1270 Solomonic dynasty in Ethiopia founded Jan 1, 1271 Unifying the Jin, Tanggut, and Song Jan 1, 1279 Destruction of the Southern Song Jan 1, 1279 Conquering the Southern Song Jan 1, 1298 Seizing of Gujarat Jan 1, 1300 Bubonic Plague Jan 1, 1300 Invention of the three-field system Jan 1, 1300 First mechanical clocks Jan 1, 1300 Establishment of universities Jan 1, 1324 Mansa Kankan Musa's pilgrimage Jan 1, 1325 Mansa Musa promoted Islam Jan 1, 1337 Hundred Year War Jan 1, 1338 Bengal became center of Islam tradition Jan 1, 1340 Power contests between Mongol Princes Jan 1, 1342 Gothic Cathedrals Jan 1, 1350 Growth of trade and manufacturing Jan 1, 1352 Ibn Battuta praise Malians for their faith of Islam Jan 1, 1378 Great Western Schism Jan 1, 1400 Great Zimbabwe peak Jan 1, 1405 Ming reaches out to the peoples of the Indian Ocean Jan 1, 1418 Henry the Navigator voyage Jan 1, 1440 First slaves from West Africa sent to Europe Jan 1, 1449 Mongol attack on Beijing Jan 1, 1450 Technical improvements Jan 1, 1452 Leonardo da Vinci Jan 1, 1471 First visit by Portuguese Jan 1, 1482 The building of the Portugal trade city in Africa Jan 1, 1486 Oba sends ambassadors to Portugal to learn about the homeland Jan 1, 1492 Sponsorship of Christopher Columbus Jan 1, 1498 Vasco da Gama arrives on Malabar Coast Jan 1, 1498 Columbus reaches mainland of South America Jan 1, 1500 Junk could transport 400 tons of goods Jan 1, 1500 Used identical ships and weapons Jan 1, 1502 Christopher Columbus's four voyages Jan 1, 1505 Portuguese sent a fleet to bombard the Swahili coast Jan 1, 1509 Helena sends letter to Portugal Jan 1, 1510 Goa taken over by Portuguese and made as a trading settlement for Portuguese Jan 1, 1529 Adal launches assault on Ethiopia Jan 1, 1531 Francisco Pizarro and the Inca's Jan 1, 1539 Portuguese assist Ethiopia